POTENT POTABLES
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY OF THIS JAPANESE DRINK WHEN COOKING, MIX WATER AND RICE WINE VINEGAR FOR A SUBSTITUTE.
WHAT IS SAKE?
AN EPONYM IS A WORD WHICH IS NAMED AFTER A PERSON, SUCH AS THIS CROUTON-FILLED SALAD, WHICH IS ACTUALLY NAMED AFTER ITS CREATOR, NOT AN EMPEROR.
WHAT IS CAESAR (SALAD)?
THE NAME OF THIS AFRICAN DESERT, THE LARGEST HOT DESERT IN THE WORLD, COMES FROM THE ARABIC WORD FOR DESERT, SO SAYING DESERT AFTER ITS NAME IS REDUNDANT.
WHAT IS THE SAHARA?
YOU MAY REFER TO A "NOBODY" AS AN OUTCASTE, A TERM ORIGINATING FROM THIS RELIGION, AS UNTOUCHABLES WERE CONSIDERED SO LOW THEY WERE OUTSIDE THE CASTE SYSTEM
WHAT IS HINDUISM?
A CAMPFIRE TREAT MADE WITH CHOCOLATE, MARSHMALLOW, AND GRAHAM CRACKER.
WHAT IS A SMORE?
THIS IS THE WORLD'S OLDEST TYPE OF ALCOHOL. IT IS REFERENCED IN HAMMURABI'S CODE AND REMAINS THE THIRD MOST POPULAR BEVERAGE IN THE WORLD.
WHAT IS BEER?
ABBREVIATIONS WHERE EACH LETTER IS SAID INDIVIDUALLY, SUCH AS FBI OR USB, SHOULD BE REFERRED TO AS AN INITIALISM, NOT THIS TERM FOR ABBREVIATIONS READ AS ONE WORD, SUCH AS SCUBA OR TASER.
WHAT IS AN ACRONYM?
CALIFORNIA'S MOJAVE DESERT CONTAINS THIS NATIONAL PARK, HOME TO THE LOWEST ELEVATION IN NORTH AMERICA.
WHAT IS DEATH VALLEY?
"HALLELUJAH" WRITER LEONARD COHEN DIED IN 2016 IN PART DUE TO THIS DISEASE, ALSO KNOWN AS BLOOD CANCER.
WHAT IS LEUKEMIA?
ONE WHO ALWAYS FOLLOWS OTHERS ON THEIR ADVENTURES.
WHAT IS A TAGALONG?
KENTUCKY BRANDS OF THIS LIQUOR INCLUDE MAKER'S MARK AND JIM BEAN.
WHAT IS (BOURBON) WHISKEY?
A WORD OR PHRASE WHICH READS THE SAME FORWARD OR BACKWARD, LIKE "MOM," "KAYAK," OR "GO HANG A SALAMI! I'M A LASAGNA HOG!"
WHAT IS A PALINDROME?
THE DESERTS OF AUSTRALIA CONTAIN THIS MASSIVE SANDSTONE FORMATION, KNOWN AS ULURU TO LOCAL ABORIGINES.
WHAT IS AYER'S ROCK?
"YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO YOUNG," BUT NOT AS MUCH AS THIS LEGENDARY OBJECT, WHICH REAL ALCHEMISTS HAVE TRIED TO MAKE FOR MILLENNIA. ITS ABILITY TO GRANT IMMORTALITY IS PROBABLY WHY VOLDEMORT WANTED IT IN THE FIRST HARRY POTTER BOOK.
WHAT IS THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE? (ACCEPTABLE: THE ELIXIR OF LIFE, STONE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS)
ANOREXIC LAMIACIAE
WHAT ARE THIN MINTS?
THIS PHRASE, MEANING TO USE ALCOHOL AS A HANGOVER CURE, IS A REFERENCE TO AN ANCIENT CURE FOR RABIES.
WHAT IS "HAIR OF THE DOG?"
TRANSLATIONS BETWEEN TWO LANGUAGES THAT LOOK SIMILAR. THEY'RE WHY YOU CAN TRANSLATE "STUPIDE" FROM FRENCH AND "ACCIDENTE" FROM SPANISH.
WHAT ARE COGNATES?
THIS DESERT ON THE STEPPES OF NORTHERN ASIA IS BELIEVED TO CONTAIN GIANT MONGOLIAN DEATH WORMS IN LOCAL MYTHOLOGY.
WHAT IS THE GOBI DESERT?
IN MEDIEVAL ART, CIRCULAR HALOS WERE RESERVED FOR JESUS, MARY, SAINTS, AND ANGELS. SQUARE HALOS WERE USED WHEN DEPICTING THIS FIGURE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
WHO IS THE POPE?
A CAMPFIRE TREAT MADE WITH CHOCOLATE, MARSHMALLOW, AND GRAHAM CRACKER
WHO ARE S'MORES?
MOST SIZES OF CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES, SUCH AS NEBUCHADNEZZAR, BALTHAZAR, AND METHUSELAH, ARE NAMED AFTER THIS CATEGORY OF PEOPLE.
WHAT ARE BIBLICAL KINGS?
A CAPITONYM IS A WORD WHOSE MEANING CHANGES IF THE FIRST LETTER IS CAPITALIZED. THE THREE MONTHS THAT ARE CAPITONYMS ARE MARCH, MAY, AND THIS WORD MEANING BRAVE.
WHAT IS AUGUST?
BECAUSE ITS ARID CLIMATE IS SIMILAR TO MARS, NASA IS TESTING NEW TECHNOLOGY IN THIS CHILEAN DESERT.
WHAT IS THE ATACAMA DESERT?
FLASH! BAM! ALAKAZAM! YOU MIGHT SEE AN "ORANGE-COLORED SKY" AT SUNSET, BUT THE VIBRANT COLORS OF A SUNSET ARE NOT NATURAL, AND ARE RATHER DUE TO THIS HUMAN ACTIVITY.
WHAT IS (AIRE) POLLUTION?
THESE TWO SPANISH WORDS MEAN "BEAR" AND "STICK."
WHAT ARE OSO AND PALO?